Box Score DENVER – The University of Denver men's tennis team collected 11 wins on the final day of the Colorado Cup at Denver Tennis Park on Sunday.
 
The Pioneers started the morning with five wins in six matches against Wichita State. The teams split results in doubles with Denver's team of senior Rikuto Yamaguchi and freshman Samuel Rovai won their second match together. DU then swept the singles lineup, winning all four matches in straight sets led by Rovai, who lost just one game. Yamaguchi, junior Ryoma Mishiro and freshman Mark Neyelov also added singles wins in two sets.
 
Denver and Air Force squared off for the final session of the weekend with DU winning three matches apiece in singles and doubles. Senior Relja Eskic and graduate student Connor Robb-Wilcox each made their first appearances of the day in doubles, both winning 6-4 with their respective partners, Neyelov and Yamaguchi. Mishiro and Rovai teamed up again and won, 6-2.
 
DU's final three wins of the day came from Mishiro, Robb-Wilcox and Rovai in singles. Robb-Wilcox won in straight sets while Mishiro and Rovai fought through three sets in their wins.
 
In total on the weekend, Denver earned 24 wins. Mishiro and Rovai led the way with four wins each in singles and also led the Pioneers with three doubles wins as a team. Yamaguchi also collected three doubles wins, doing so with Rovai and Robb-Wilcox.
 
Next up for the Pioneers will be the LMU Invite on November 8-10, which will be the final fall tournament for all but two Denver players. Senior Daniel Sancho Arbizu and junior Raffaello Papajcik will then wrap up the fall season for Denver at the 2024 NCAA Singles Championships in Waco, Texas, beginning on November 19.
 
SUNDAY'S MORNING RESULTS
DOUBLES
Rovai/Yamaguchi (DU) def. Luethi/Worthington (WSU): 6-3
Bracks/Mindrut (WSU) def. Coats/Mishiro (DU): 6-2
 
Bharadwaj/Goodman (Penn) def. Branchetti/Fairclough (GONZ): 6-4
Chung/Sai (Penn) def. Ampaw/Krauel (GONZ): 6-3
Dunlop/Rashed (GONZ) def. Garner/Leaird (AFA): 6-3
 
SINGLES
Rikuto Yamaguchi (DU) def. Ilias Worthington (WSU): 6-1 7-5
Samuel Rovai (DU) def. Arenui Luethi (WSU): 6-1 6-0
Ryoma Mishiro (DU) def. Luca Mindrut (WSU): 7-5 6-4
Mark Neyelov (DU) def. Luke Bracks (WSU): 6-3 6-4
 
Giovanni Branchetti (GONZ) def. Baylor Sai (Penn): 7-6(8) 1-6 7-6(11)
Justin Chung (Penn) def. Jay Fairclough (GONZ): 6-2 6-3
Tal Goodman (Penn) def. Kai-Luca Ampow (GONZ): 6-3 6-4
Tom Dunlop (GONZ) def. Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn): 6-2 7-6(5)
Luke Wolf (AFA) def. Oscar Rashed (GONZ): 6-4 6-4
Tyler Leaird (AFA) def. Gus Krauel (GONZ): 6-0 7-6(9)
 
SUNDAY'S AFTERNOON RESULTS
DOUBLES
Robb-Wilcox/Yamaguchi (DU) def. Brown/Kersten (AFA): 6-4
Mishiro/Rovai (DU) def. Deaton/Moore (AFA): 6-2
Eskic/Neyelov (DU) def. Fritzinger/Tingleaf (AFA): 6-4
Dunlop/Rashed (GONZ) def. Garner/Leaird (AFA): 6-3
 
SINGLES
Arjun Kerston (AFA) def. Rikuto Yamaguchi (DU): 6-4 6-4
Samuel Rovai (DU) def. Phillip Deaton (AFA): 6-1 4-6 6-3
Ryoma Mishiro (DU) def. AJ Moore (AFA): 6-0 4-6 6-3
Alec Fritzinger (AFA) def. Mark Neyelov (DU): 6-3 6-1
Connor Robb-Wilcox (DU) def. Jack Brown (AFA): 6-4 6-1
Langdon Tingleaf (AFA) def. Relja Eskic (DU): 3-6 6-0 6-3
Matthew Staton (AFA) def. Theo Coats (DU): 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
Luke Wolf (AFA) def. Oscar Rashed (GONZ): 6-3 6-4
Tyler Leaird (AFA) def. Gua Krauel (GONZ): 6-0 7-6(6)
 
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